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P. Puddum, fiv*b. \\ ,1,1 Himalayan Cherry, paddam, Itongki, fxiyo. cketmtarl. Wild 

 //<.//./.<,//. padma-kasta, etc. A moderate-sited (in Bikkim * Urge) deciduous Himalayan 

 tree, wild in tin- Himalaya from tlm Indus to AMMUII. between 2,600 and 7.000 Cherry. 

 feet ; Khnsia lulls ; hilU of Upper liurmu ; ..fi-n riiltivnt<*l. It yield* an 

 al. mi. I, .MI ( , i M. .. l.i, h i, not made ue of, iiml tin- kernel* contain an OIL aimiiar 

 t> thiit ..f lull, r ale i The fruit in little eaten b> . 



(plant n i. -. t<> (Europeans for the manufacture of hill cherry brandy. According 

 t<> Kiiujilul. t ho atones are made into rosaries and necklaces by fakirs. The 

 wood is used in tho Pan jab Hiruulaya for walking-sticks (made of saplings, or 

 irkrrv), .UK! in I )arji'clintf in worked up into I ui mt ur<. [''/. Tke Bower 

 Manuscript (Hoornlo, transl.). 1803-7, 102. 104. etc.] 



PSIDIUM GUYAVA, Linn.; Fl Br. lnd. t ii., 468; Talbot, 

 List Trees, etc., 1902, 166; Gamble, Man. Ind. Timbf., 1902, 355; 

 Prain, Beng. Plant*, 1903, i., 487 ; Cookc, Fl. Prc*. Bomb., 190.T 



\> I:.-K. The Guava, amrut, peyara, madhuriam, amuk, gaya, anjir, 

 zard, perala, jdmbd, yuava, segapu, cova, sebe, pcla, mdlakd beng, etc. A 

 siiuill evergreen tree, introduced from America and now cultivated and 

 found semi-wild all over India. 



It is grown solely for its fruit. According to 'Firminger, the best qualities 

 are produced in Allahabad and its neighbourhood. Young plants are easily 

 raised from seed during the rains, but propagation by layers is usually resorted 

 to, and rooted suckers may also be taken from the base of the main stem. It 

 requires no particular cultivation and thrives in any soil. The tree blossoms 

 during the hot season and continues to do so and to bear fruit to the end of the 

 cold season. The finest fruit, however, is said to be obtained when the general 

 bearing season is over. There are two varieties, one known as the Pear Guava, 

 the other as the Apple Guava, but they are so alike that they can scarcely be 

 distinguished till cut open. The fruit is eaten by all classes, but by Europeans 

 is generally preferred stewed or in the form of jelly or of the well-known 

 " Guava cheese." According to Gamble, the wood is made into spear-handles 

 and special instruments. In Vellore, North Arcot, it is said to be used for lac- Wood. 

 turnery. In Assam, the leaves and bark are employed in DYEING, and in Dyeing. 

 Bengal and the United Provinces are occasionally employed in TANNING. 

 [Cf. Merian, Insect. Surinam, 1705, tt. 19, 57 ; Pharmacog. Ind., 1891, ii., 30-2 ; 

 Duncan, Monog. Dyes and Dyeing, Assam, 1896, 41 ; Agri. Ledg., 1901, No. 9, 

 346 ; 1902, No. 1, 43 ; Firminger, Man. Gard. Ind., 1904, 236-6.] 



PTEROCARPUS, Linn. ; Fl. Br. Ind., 238-9 ; Prain, in Journ. D.EJ 

 As. Soc. Beng., 1898, Ixvi., 123-4 ; also in Ind. For., 1900, xxvi., app. ; 

 Gamble, Man. Ind. Timbs., 1902, 257-62 ; Prain, Beng. Plants, 1903, i., 

 411-2 ; Brandis, Ind. Trees, 1906, 239-40 ; LEOUMINOS*. A genus of 

 great economic importance, including the trees which yield Gum-kino, 

 Red Sanders, Andaman Redwood and Padouk. 



P. dalbergloldes, Roxb. ; P. indicus, Fl. Br. Ind., ii., 238 (in part). Andaman 

 Redwood or padouk, chalanga-dd of the Andamans. A large tree sparingly cul 

 tivated in Bengal and Southern India. It has frequently been confused with 

 the next species, a Burman plant also known by the name of padouk. 



In the Andaman Islands this " is the principal timber tree and its wood has 

 of recent years obtained a good place in the markets of Europe and America Timber 

 as a handsome wood for furniture, parquet floors, railway carriages, door-frame* 

 and balustrades, etc. In India it has long been in use as a gun-carriage wood, 

 and stores are kept in the arsenals of Calcutta, Madras and the Kidderpore 

 Dockyards " (Gamble). Recently it has been successfully employed in England 

 in panelling, and in America in the building of Pullman cars. [Cf. For. Admin, 

 Repts. Andaman Islands. ; Todd, Rept. Explor. N. Andamans, 1905 ; Anderson. 

 Kept. Explor. N. Andamans, 1905; Gilbert Rogers, Rept. Dept. Conservator of 

 For., Andaman Islands. ; Ind. For., 1905, xxxi., 511-7; also Todd, 1906, xxxii., 

 581-7.] 



P. indicus, Willd. ; Fl. Br. Ind., ii., 238 (in part). A deciduous tree believed 

 to be indigenous in the Malay Peninsula and Archipelago ; cultivated in Moul- 



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